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California AG Rob Bonta, with several California district attorneys and investigative support from the California Privacy Protection Agency, reached a $12.75 million settlement with General Motors and OnStar resolving...more
A new law will replace the Colorado AI Act’s demanding governance mandates with a narrower, more business-friendly regime focused on consumer notice, human review, and clearer liability boundaries....more
On May 9, 2026, the Colorado General Assembly passed Senate Bill 26-189 (the "Bill"), which repeals and reenacts the previously passes SB 24-25 (Colorado's “AI Act") with comprehensive new requirements governing the use of...more
Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond sued Temu and related entities for allegedly violating the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act through undisclosed data collection and deceptive retail practices....more
Maryland Governor Wes Moore recently signed HB 895, the Maryland Protection From Predatory Pricing Act, into law, making Maryland the first state in the nation to restrict personalized, data-driven pricing in the grocery...more
In a competitive real estate market, sellers and listing brokers may view all-cash offers and waived inspections from a prospective buyer as the cleanest path to a fast closing. Those terms can certainly be attractive because...more
In the increasingly crowded premium pet food market, the battle for "clean label" supremacy often turns on the fine print of processing and sourcing. A recent challenge by The Farmer’s Dog against Sundays for Dogs (Case...more
Indiana AG Todd Rokita sued Roblox and Discord for allegedly violating the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act by marketing their platforms as safe for children while failing to implement sufficient protections against...more
Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti reached an $11.1 million settlement with Mariner Finance resolving allegations that the company violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act and other consumer protection laws through...more
A group of our Hinshaw colleagues had a front-row seat as the Diamond Sponsor firm at last week’s Mortgage Bankers Association Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference in Miami from May 4–7, 2026. Several of our team...more
State consumer protection and AG leadership developments are unfolding across California, Ohio, and South Dakota, with a familiar face taking the helm of a new consumer protection agency in California, an interim AG appointed...more
California has reached a $12.75 million settlement with General Motors over the company’s treatment of OnStar driving data. This case follows a similar settlement between the company and the Federal Trade Commission,...more
On May 12, the Colorado legislature passed Senate Bill 26‑189, a substantial rewrite of its 2024 law establishing consumer protections for artificial intelligence (formerly referred to as the CO AI Act), and replaced it with...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to be the inaugural Secretary of a new cabinet-level agency that he created last year — the Business and Consumer Services Agency (“BCSA”)....more
New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which has been used to sue hundreds of data brokers already, has survived a motion for judgment on the pleadings by a data broker challenging the statute’s constitutionality....more
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of Rohit Chopra, former Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner, as Secretary of the...more
Class action cases are on the rise in the United States with over 10,000 new class actions filed annually. Given the number of class action cases and costs associated with defending against them, companies should proactively...more
The first quarter of 2026 brought few surprises in U.S. privacy law and regulation. While a new federal privacy framework, the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act (the SECURE Data...more
Georgia’s SB 540, effective July 1, 2027, places the state squarely in the front ranks of chatbot and conversational AI regulation. The law combines mandatory AI disclosures, child safety guardrails, privacy controls, and...more
In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis talks with Dan Smith, president and CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association, about current challenges and changes in the U.S. consumer reporting system. They...more
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed all claims in Felsenthal v. Medela LLC, a putative class action alleging a manufacturer engaged in false advertising about the potential...more
On May 1, 2026, Pennsylvania’s State Board of Medicine (or “Petitioner”) filed a lawsuit in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania—alleging that an artificial intelligence (“AI”) chatbot developed by Character Technologies,...more
Ever since its initial passage into law in 2024, the Colorado AI Act has been a lightning rod for controversy and calls for change. Over the ensuing two years, multiple attempts to amend the law were floated and proposed by...more
Readers of this blog are well aware of the uptick in consumer privacy claims surrounding the online use of session replay and other similar tracking technology. Allegedly aggrieved consumers typically claim that the use of...more
On May 8, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta — joined by the District Attorneys of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Napa, and Sonoma Counties, with support from the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) —...more